Geopalavras

Conheces um daqueles terríficos dias, em que a professora de Inglês te pede que realizes uma composição sobre um daqueles temas bem bolorentos, por exemplo sobre a família Real Britânica, o “chá das 5”, ou a gastronomia escocesa… Pois é! Como te compreendemos! E mesmo estando do lado de “cá”, somos obrigados a concordar contigo: é bem mais fixe torrar a banda no Youtube, e ver como o vídeo “The Washing Machine that would not Die”, super edificante!

Mas, voltando ao assunto, se já tens têpêcê inglês do género para realizar, não desesperes, a inteligência artificial está aqui para te ajudar. Falamos do Talk to Transformer, um algoritmo online que inventa um texto em inglês (e castelhano), apenas escrevendo uma palavra ou frase. Vejamos o que sai com 5 o'clock tea:

5 o'clock tea in a dark, damp room in the library. I'm thinking about what a good, long, boring meeting would be like if it was just me and the other two students—if we could just have a quiet, quiet talk and not have to think so much. And yet, I have to admit, this is an area of my life where I get irritated with myself a lot, and I want to make sure that the rest of the class will feel the same way. So here is the plan, and if it doesn't work, it's fine, I don't give a hoot. The students will be here for the next four weeks, then we'll move on to the next topic. Let's start first with the topic we're working on, the science of color. You said earlier that you don't give a hoot—you could have just decided to leave our talk to the next month, as you always do. That means that this meeting is going to be a long one, and most of the other students are going to hate it, as it…

E se por acaso o tema da composição for My visit to London:

I recently arrived in London for a holiday and have been working as a consultant as a part of ICA. I was recently asked by a client how my trip to India would have affected my work because I had been to India twice.
My immediate response was 'yes. Very interesting'. And from that experience I learnt that in India we have a lot of cultural diversity as a country and as individuals. Not just that we have a strong culture but also the ability to live our lives as we please with the support and advice of an array of highly skilled, experienced and respected people and the opportunity of becoming one of the most sought-after consultants in the country.

Como vês, ambos os textos dão para a positiva, no mínimo! O problema, claro está, é que tens de os saber ler e compreender primeiro. Mas podes sempre improvisar, e no dia da apresentação, dizer que estás com uma bruta dor de garganta…